Robert Arthur Broinowski (1877 - 1959), by unknown photographer, courtesy of National Library of Australia. nla.pic-an23199449 . .Image Details

BROINOWSKI, ROBERT ARTHUR (1877-1959), public servant and poet, was born on 1 December 1877 at Balwyn, Victoria, one of eight children of Gracius Joseph Broinowski, artist and ornithologist, and his wife Jane, née Smith. Educated at St Aloysius' College, Sydney, Broinowski also acknowledged a considerable debt to his father, 'a man of culture and wide knowledge … who encouraged me to pursue the things that really matter'. On 21 February 1906 he married Grace Creed Evans, violinist, at Kew, Victoria.

Entering the Commonwealth Public Service in 1902, Broinowski served an apprenticeship as a clerk before securing appointment in 1907 as private secretary to (Sir) Thomas Ewing, minister for defence, a position he retained under Ewing's successors, (Sir) George Pearce and (Sir) Joseph Cook. In March 1911 Broinowski joined the staff of the ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography